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Left to right: Iconic boab trees of Madagascar; the wide expanse of the Chilean fjords; Japanese macques RUTH & GREG H. | NSW First travelled with Viking: 2013 First cruise: Grand European Cruise Travelled on: Both ocean and river ships Favourite memory: My favourite memory would be the people we have met whilst cruising be they guests, lecturers or staff that we have subsequently kept in touch with and even enjoyed meeting again or planning to travel with them again on a future cruise. Q: You joined Viking on our 2019 World Cruise travelling from Miami to London. What did you enjoy most about being on a longer length cruise? A: The World Cruise gave us the opportunity to see many places we had not seen before and perhaps would never get the opportunity to see another time, along with the chance to revisit some places – but seeing them from a ship which provides a different perspective than arriving by plane or vehicle. The sea days allow you the chance to enjoy the ship and have time to socialise with your ship travel companions. On the shorter cruises, with less sea days you don't have the time to meet as many people. At our last high tea on the world cruise, we had a group of 14-16 of us, after all meeting throughout the cruise and we're still in close contact with five couples we met. Sea days also give you the opportunity to sleep in, relax and do domestic chores that you don't have the opportunity to do when moving to a new location daily. On our previous ocean cruise in the Med, we only had two sea days and all the days in between are long and busy. Sea days give you that chance to catch your breath and recharge. Q: What was your favourite port/destination on this journey? A: It is very difficult to identify a favourite port/destination when there was such diversity in the places we visited: from history to scenery to wildlife they gave different experiences – that was part of the reason for doing the world cruise. Even on sea days when we were only cruising, some of the scenery such as the Chilean fjords were great to see. But if I was to choose a few highlights 82 VIKING